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Washington DC – USA: Nationals of the three African nations of Chad, Somalia and Libya will be facing even more difficulty entering the United States in line with a September Presidential proclamation of Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said Sunday they are considering sanctions against Guinea-Bissau’s President for failure to implement the agreement to end the two-year political crisis. According to Anadolu Agency, ECOWAS negotiators led by president of the Commission, Marcel De Souza, said that President Jose […]

ACCRA, Ghana (Xinhua) — Ghana will hold a multi-agency simulation exercise to assess the country’s counter-terrorism preparedness and capabilities, a senior security official has said in Accra during the week. Commissioner George Asiamah, who is also director of counter- terrorism at the Ministry of National Security, said the […]

The Sierra Leone Police says it will need at least $1.7 million) to provide security for the country’s next general election. The West African country’s Chief of Police Inspector Alieu Francis Munu said more funding might be required to accommodate additional security stakeholders in order to be fully […]

Detroit, MICHIGAN —-A Liberian born and American trained security specialist and special investigator in the Washington D.C. Metro Area, Garretson Al Smith, has received the Martin Luther King Jr Humanitarian and Leadership Award during the World Conference of Mayors held in Detroit, Michigan on October 26, 2017. The award was presented […]

Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) – When strongman Yahya Jammeh left The Gambia for exile after 22 years, new foreign minister Ousainou Darboe pledged the tiny nation would become the “human rights capital of Africa”. His remarks came days after Jammeh’s forced departure in January, and followed the release of […]

Guinea’s Minister of National Defense Mohamed Diané Tuesday in Dakar urged “tackling the seeds of radicalization, if we want to eradicate terrorism. ” “Social inequality, poverty and underemployment of youth are the seeds of terrorism that need to be addressed. If we win the battle for the development […]